'I hope so. At least it cannot be worse than where I came from,' she says casually, as if she hadn't weighed up the probability before she chose to live, considered that it might be some trap.

Tayrey hopes that she'll be home before the planetary calendar spins around to this date again, but Watson's sentiment is a kind one, so she doesn't object to it.

'What are the best things about it, for you? No guarantee we'll have the same interests, but it'll give me a place to start.'